Well my first night of my journey is complete. I decided to go all the way back to basics. After a good warm up and stretch (the word stretch might be stretching, it was more of me seeing how far I could possibly move my joints -- not very far in case you were wondering) I decided to go way back to basics.
I worked on my horse riding stance for a good 10 minutes, until the burning in my thighs was pretty much overpowering me. I went through a few reps of low blocks, center punches and high blocks. I reviewed the two basic white belt level Tang Soo forms, kichu hyng il bu and kichu hyung ee bu. My front stances wold start to angle off a little bit, and without the visual reminder of a full length mirror, i relied on the tv screen reflection to check myself. I will need to check my front stance better in the future, keep my front knee bent and my back foot back and to the side. Remember to imagine standing on the two diagnal corners of a rectangle with both feet facing forward. Mental notes needed.
I also tried on my old uniform, a little tight around the waist, I will have to work on that too i suppose.
Off until tomorrow, where I will review what I did today, and possibly add another hyung.
Since I worked on Tang Soo Do tonight, I will leave you with a ...
TANG SOO!
Mister Fish. Let me first commend you on your passion for the martial arts. Let me give you two peices of advice that should help you. One: Stretch, A LOT!!! A good stretch is more important that the workout because it makes the workout better. I personally stretch for 30 to 45 min before an hour workout... it is an important part of the routen especially since you are not the young bull you once were. Two: The fist two weeks are the worst. From personall experiance, when making a "comeback" the first two weeks are hell. You start to have doubts and wonder if it is worth it. But once you get through them you will be find. Train hard and keep it up. I am interested in following your process.
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